Love Game

A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon

Elizabeth Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2015 | Main
Serpent's Tail (Verlag)
978-1-84668-911-6 (ISBN)

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Tennis's gladiatorial beauty, its stylish duelling and fashionable court-wear make it a romantic's dream. Ever since young men and women first came together to play on vicarage lawns, this most Victorian of games has always had a peculiarly passionate undercurrent - love even makes it into the scoring system. And passion in other forms - the rivalry of Federer and Nadal, and John McEnroe's legendary angry outbursts.

Beyond the romance, tennis has always been a barometer of the times. French star Suzanne Lenglen was a celebrity trailblazer, Jimmy Connors channelled punk, and Henman Hill is unrecognisable from the days when the All England Club ostracised working-class Fred Perry - and the great English tennis champion who is now more famous as a leisure clothing brand than a sportsman.

Love Game is the must-have companion for tennis fans during Wimbledon 2015. It tells the story of tennis' journey from upper-middle-class hobby to global TV spectacle, taking in the innovators and trendsetters, the great players, heroes and iconoclasts, and the politics, class wars and culture clashes of what could rightfully be called the 'beautiful game'.

An independent researcher and writer best known for her commentaries on feminism and popular culture, Elizabeth Wilson is currently Visiting Professor at the London College of Fashion. She is the author of several non-fiction books, and her novels The Twilight Hour (9781852424770), War Damage (9781846686504) and The Girl in Berlin (9781846688270) are also published by Serpent's Tail.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.5.2015
Zusatzinfo	8pp colour & b/w photographic plates
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Tennis
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Tennis, Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-84668-911-2 / 1846689112
ISBN-13	978-1-84668-911-6 / 9781846689116
Zustand	Neuware